Bad News
by Hanna Hurr

A "Buy" Button, Diplo's Dick Picks, and How to Piss off Brooklyn Girls

Ahh! A music video all of Brooklyn can hate. We can't help but love what's going on in pop culture right now. With stuff like this, how can people be obsessed about their identity anymore? You can pretend you are post-authenticity all you like, just don't get angry when the inevitable occurs.

Sometimes it feels like I was born in the early 1900s and cryogenically preserved, only to be defrosted in the future-present. Since when are people just flying drones around, disturbing medical exams, and filming their weddings? Soon rich kids will be zipping to the moon on Spring Break and I'll be one of those old ladies they make a funny video of as I tremble through my first moon flight. Oh, and apparently there are military underwater drones now too?

Airbnb upping their PR game with a new logo. If you've missed it, people have lots of opinions on Airbnb. People hate it because it allows tourists to circumvent expensive hotels and stay in expensive places for cheap, which means: a) lots of “hotels” go untaxed, b) it furthers gentrification because tourists pay more per night than residents are willing to pay per month, pushing NYC residents further away from the city, and c) people dislike having hundreds of irresponsible vacationers flowing through their apartment buildings instead of permanent residents who give a fuck about what their neighbors think of them. On the other hand, Airbnb allows people living in some of the most expensive cities to supplement their income by renting out their room to tourists. In short, it's complicated. The video for the new Airbnb logo shows the pretty clever new design. Apparently the idea is for people to draw it on a piece of paper and place in their window — a kind of underground railroad for cosmopolitan millennials. As it turns out, everyone thinks it looks like a vagina.

Last chance to check out graffiti catacomb 5 Pointz — demolition begins in two weeks. Well, there isn't much to see anymore. It was white-washed in November, and even though some new works have gone up since, it's not the same.

Kreayshawn admits in her vblog that she was catfished by some guy pretending to be Diplo — for three years! She's now friends with Diplo and realized the scam after reminiscing with Diplo about all the dick picks he used to send her. Apparently the fake-Diplo wasn't just a creep, but was also really supportive of her work. “At the end of the day, whoever this troll was ended up inspiring my entire career.” Crazy story.